The Sterkarm Handshake
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| Author | Antonio Skármeta |
| ISBN | 0888995504 |
Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awarda and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended Title
Life is simple for Pedro -- he goes to school, does his homework and, most importantly, plays soccer. But when the soldiers come and take his friend Daniel's father away, things...
| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| ISBN | 0192720384 |
Hidden behind the battlements on the roof of the gatehouse crouched Randal the dog-boy, watching for the arrival of Hugh Goch, the new Lord of Arundel Castle. As the cavalcade approached the great gateway, a small thing happened; Randal dropped the fig he had been eating on to the nose of Hugh's mettlesome...
James Krüss erzählt in diesem Buch von seinem Urgroßvater, einem weisen alten Hummerfischer, der sein Boot an Land gezogen hat und nun Kinderkreisel und Kindergedichte drechselt. Mit seinem damals zehnjährigen Urenkel, Boy genannt, erzählt und reimt er sieben Tage lang Geschichten und Verse....
| Author | Henrietta Branford |
| ISBN | 0763629928 |
Thanks Soairse for recommending this book.
Summary: in 1381 England a hunting dog recounts what happens to her beloved master Rufus and his family when they are arrested on suspicion of being part of the peasants rebellion lead by Wat Tyler and the preacher John Ball.
Although slanted...
| Author | Paul Berna |
| ISBN | 0370009428 |
4.5 stars. A gang of French children have a favourite game. One of them owns what must be an old rocking horse or carousel horse that has been welded onto a chassis with three wheels. The horse having lost it's head does not lessen the children's enjoyment at all, they spend their days riding their horse...
| Author | Anthony Buckeridge |
| ISBN | 0755101537 |
Prehistoric clodpoll! ‘What did you want to go and make a frantic bish like that for’ Rule number nine million and forty-seven: Any boy beetling into class with twelve slippery raw fish shall hereby be liable to be detained during Mr Wilkins’ pleasure.? Jennings turns journalist when he receives...
| Author | Ennis Graham |
| ISBN | 1594625425 |
I didn't read this edition but a 1930 one with Walter Crane Illustrations (of which I would've liked more).
It was neither as preachy as much Victorian children's literature nor as exciting as the best. There were some obvious didactic efforts and some interesting or pretty scenes, but overall...
Jenny Linsky, the famous little black cat of Greenwich Village, has never been to school before. When her master, Captain Tinker, sends her to a boarding school in the country to learn the special knowledge of cats—manners and cooperation—she is a little afraid, among strangers, and so far from...
| Author | Libby Hathorn |
| ISBN | 1842702327 |
It's night and the dark is filled with strange sounds as Shane makes his way home. On a fence he finds a stray cat that at first growls and spits at him. But Shane talks and strokes the kitten to calmness, and decides to take the 'Spitfire, Kitten Number One,' home with him. No gang of boys, or avenue of dense...
Graham, Wallace, and Harry will have one glorious week of pure freedom in the outback. No teachers, no school, no homework, no parents breathing down their necks! The boys are elated until they accidentally start a fire that quickly gets out of control in the dry underbrush. No one is prepared; no one...
Estoy leyendo estas novelas británicas al revés.
Si son seguidores de esta cuenta (o del contenido que genero) probablemente sepan que uno de los libros que más amo en la vida es El Señor de las Moscas. Supongo que es un libro súper "edgy" y de las pocas novelas clásicas (o clásicos contemporáneos,...
| Author | Toon Tellegen |
| ISBN | 9021483726 |
Лучшая книга на свете. Потому что и для детей, и для подростков, и для всех, кто прошел дальше, но...
но любит танцы и полеты во сне и наяву, письма на ветру,...
| Author | Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy |
| ISBN | 1410208311 |
CONTENTS Gracieuse and Percinet Fair Goldilocks The Blue Bird Prince Ariel Princess Mayblossom Princess Rosette The Golden Branch The Bee and the Orange Tree The Good Little Mouse The Ram Finette Cendron Fortun?e Babiole The Yellow Dwarf Green Serpent Princess Carpillon The Benevolent Frog The...
Famagosta è rimasta l'ultimo baluardo cristiano sull'isola di Cipro, tutt'intorno alla città si estende il campo saraceno e ogni giorno viene fatto grande uso di polvere da sparo e palle di cannone da parte di entrambi gli eserciti.
Molti sono i valorosi soldati cristiani nella città, ma più...
| Author | Mirjam Pressler |
| ISBN | 0440228573 |
You should never hope for a miracle, for then you might count on it really happening.
In the two years Halinka has spent in a home for girls, she has learned not to hope for anything, and to hold tightly to what she has. But all Halinka has is herself, a blanket from her beloved Aunt Lou, and a secret...
| Author | Lygia Bojunga Nunes |
| ISBN | 9580408084 |
Este libro lo empecé a leer a los 9 años. Todas las emociones que sentía el personaje principal fueron demasiadas para mi... Lloraba, leía, y me cuestionaba de la vida. En ese momento yo estaba pasando por momentos difíciles y reflejaba la muerte de pintor en la muerte que acabábamos de sufrir en...
| Author | An Rutgers van der Loeff |
| ISBN | 0140301720 |
Children on the Oregon Trail by Anna Rutgers Van Der Loeff is a very moving and interesting novel based on factual events that occurred during the 1840's in the United States of America. It captures the spirit of courage and determination among the pioneers and their families as they journey through...
| Author | Bianca Pitzorno |
| ISBN | 8420790079 |
Una metropoli dove lo smog ha distrutto quasi completamente la vita vegetale; un botanico socio della Lega dei Nemici dei bambini, Cani, Gatti e Animali Affini; due fratellini che hanno sbagliato indirizzo; un'intraprendente portinaia; una piccola extraterrestre che rischia di morire per colpa...
| Author | Odo Hirsch |
| ISBN | 1582349479 |
Every year Mr. Petrusca-the best fishmonger in town-finds the biggest lobsters for one of his very best customers, Mr. Trimble. But when a thief steals the two splendid lobsters, Mr. Petrusca is more upset than anyone can understand. Hazel Green knows there's something fishy going on, but what could...
| Author | Morris |
| ISBN | 2800114436 |
Avec pour seul compagnon son cheval Jolly Jumper, "l'homme qui tire plus vite que son ombre" fait régner l'ordre et la justice dans un Far-West de fantaisie mille fois plus vrai que le vrai. Poursuivant les terribles frères Dalton ou croisant la route de divers personnages historiques, Lucky Luke...
When my mother and grandparents when on sabbatical in Nottingham, they lived next door to Hilda Lewis who gave my family several copies (the book came out in 1939). Years later when I was little my mother pulled this book out and it became one of my most beloved and cherished books. It is one of the most enchanting...
Egy vakáció története elvenedik meg a regény lapjain, mégpedig egy olyan vakációé, amilyenről minden fiú álmodik. Két pesti diák -Tutajos és Bütyök – a Kis-Balaton sás- és nádrengetegében tölti a szünidőt, Matula Gergelyt, az öreg pákászt bízzák meg a fiúk nevelésével....
| Author | Christine Nöstlinger |
Just when you think you've read every possible children's book plot...you run across The Cucumber King. I've just finished another of Christine Nöstlinger's 1001 Children's Books You Must Read books, the innocuous-sounding (it's far from that) Fly Away Home, so I knew enough about Nöstlinger...
| Author | Elizabeth Honey |
| ISBN | 1863738584 |
In the tradition of the great detective novels, Henni keeps a journal of the events on Stella Street, recounted with a battalion of zany, 11-year-old truths and insights. When the Phonies move into 45 Stella Street, the neighborhood is in for a shake-up, explains Henni. Former occupant Auntie Lillie's...
